muḫḫum

Akkadian

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muḫḫum

𒄢𒄢𒈝 (gulgullum)

𒌋𒅗 (muḫḫum)

𒅆 (īnum)

𒅗 (appum)

𒅗 (pûm)

𒋢𒊌𒌈 (suqtum)

isum

𒉿 (uznum)

𒊕𒆠 (nakkaptum)

𒍣 (napištum)

𒄘 (kišādum)

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pagrum

𒇿 (pagrum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”). Cognate with Arabic مُخّ (muḵḵ, “cerebrum”) and Biblical Hebrew מֹחַ (móaḥ, “marrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈmuχ.χum/

Noun

muḫḫum m (construct state muḫḫi, pronominal state muḫḫa)

1. skull, pate
2. (medicine) brain
3. top (part, side)

Alternative forms

• muḫḫu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌋𒅗 (UGU)	𒈬𒄷𒌝 (mu-ḫu-um) 𒈬𒄴𒄷 (mu-uḫ-ḫu)

References

• “muḫḫu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977